Spence boys pics.. Nathan 4, Jacob 3, Trenton 3 months!

 I am a proud mama! Although I braved the Photography studio alone w/ 3 kids (not to mention starting 40 mins late.. AND Trenton fell asleep 2 mins before she calls us back.. ) I think they turned out pretty cute! Love these boys!

Nathan "We 3 kings"

Nathan had a Christmas play at school last wed. Their song was "we 3 kings". He did great! The costumes were so cute. We took him out of school early that day and said we were having a "Mommy & Daddy" day with just Nathan. His wishes were to go to chick fil a, eat and play. So that we did. Gigi met us there. Gigi was going to get her teeth cleaned so didnt want to eat and got a milkshake instead. Nathan thought that was  a grand idea and wanted one too! On the way to go get Jacob about an hour after we left chick fil a, Nathan says "Hey momma, Next time we have a mommy & daddy day, can Jacob come too?" I almost started to cry. He sure loves his little brother.

We got home and the boys were opening up little gifts from friends. Jacob got a few more w/ sweet treats and N was looking at them. Jacob grabs three hershey kisses and stands up. He walks to me and gives me one and says "Mom I want to share with you", and then gives one to nathan also and says "I share with you too!"

Melts my heart to see I have raised such loving and considerate young men. Thirty minutes later N pushed J off the couch, then J headbutted N. Sigh.

A angel ornament N made at school! LOL

Jacob and the Head!

So any of you that have spent any time with Jacob, you know he had a virtual helmet. The kid can run into a brick wall at full speed and shake it off. Rarely does he cry over a head wound. Well on Sunday I was in the bathroom getting ready with the baby when I hear Jacob start crying. I suddenly thought something was wrong,  but then I thought it was just Nathan aggravating him. About that time Brian yells "Dawn I need your help" in that run we have a headless child kind of way. I come out of our room to see Brian at the sink with a towel on J's head and blood everywhere. Smarts (as I lovingly call J from time to time) was on the kitchen table trying to "hang monkeys like eddie the elf"(see exhibit a) and stood up into the chandelier. A great look at the puncture!! (see exhibit b)

exhibit a.. see monkeys..and point on chandelier

Exhibit B.. day after "the incident"

Santas early visit!

 Every year at our Boehm family reunion Santa and Mrs. Claus come and visit the kids. Jacob was SOOOOO excited to see Santa. Nathan was coming off his sugar high so was a bit moody and little Trenton just loved Santa's snuggles. Was a great visit and reminds the kids they need to be good for the rest of the year! Here are our pics with Santa 2012.

Nathan w/ Santa and Mrs. Claus

Trenton w/ Santa

Jacob thinking about what he wants from Santa

Brian and I w/ Santa and Mrs.Claus

Keeping cool when losing control

I, on a day to day basis, have about 90% of the day "under control". Its how I operate. I want to do what I want to do and usually we get it done. Today I wanted to go check out some camo zip up hoodies at old navy, then run by Kroger to get the last of my weeks necessities.
I had a simple return to do for my husband at sears. This is when I think it all started to go wrong. For whatever reason my easy baby was crying, not loud but was obviously not happy with me. I pulled him out to go into sears and he went "CRAZY" on me. He was inconsolable. I chalked it up to being hungry and fed him. I even loosed his diaper (in retrospect this is where It all went wrong) thinking it was pinching the top of his superfat legs. He seemed to settle down and chill out. We then headed to old navy. Got everyone out of the car. The boys are so obsessed w/ this silly blimp that has been flying over town. Jacob about runs into the street looking at it, but all was good with one small order to get his butt on the curb.

We entered Old Navy were barely there long enough to walk back to the toddler section when Jacob starts to request to go to the bathroom because he needs to poop. He did this very loud using those words. So as any good mother who has now been thrown under the bus, we dropped everything and headed around the corner. I let Jacob go in while me, Trenton, and Nathan stand right outside the bathroom seeing as Trentons carrier was in a huge shopping cart that would not fit in the bathroom. I kept my foot on the door to keep it open asking every 10 seconds or so if he is done. I bend over and peek under the stall to see two empty shoes, and a pair of shorts w/ underwear in them sitting on the floor by themselves. He has completely disrobed and mounted the toilet backwards (because God forbid he sit forward to go to the bathroom on a toilet seat that is NOT a complete circle). Great I am thinking..  we are definitely doing a long hand washing. I peer over to the sink to make sure there is soap when I notice that its one of those wonderful bathrooms w/ no hand towels, just a weak blower that might as well not work and waste electricity. I know your thinking "what in the world did Jacob Tanner do this time?" But in fact it was Trenton that was about to ruin my day.

Nathan was next to Trenton playing on my phone in the hall right outside of the bathroom door. I walk into the bathroom to assist Jacob, while waiting for him to dress I check on Nathan who is "guarding the baby" and my purse. Nathan informs me that Trenton farted "VERY LOUD". While constantly asking Jacob to get off the potty and get dressed for the 14th time I grabbed the baby, my purse and Nathan and yolked them all in the bathroom because I cant be in two places at one time. Reluctant to put my bag on the ground I pull out the changing station and put it there and tell Nathan to just stand against the wall and NOT sit down. I get Jacobs hands washed, wipe his hands on my pants when Trenton lets out the 2nd of his #2 unloads. I figure at that point change him b/c I am right there. I look down to unbuckle the child when ...."WHAT THE >>>>>>OH YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME" There is poop.. its everywhere.. its on the buckle, on the pad, on the straps, on his onesie, its leaking down the straps into the bottom of his seat and yes remember that little tid bit I noted earlier about the paper towels? Yeah thats right, there are NONE. There is also no trash can, and there is also about 1/8 of the wipes left in my pack of 90 wipes.

How I kept my cool I will never know. Three ladies came in to use the restroom so while trying to change a baby (who's onesie had to go OVER his head...that he cant control ..(there goes two wipes i didnt account for) I was NOT happy!) I had to keep Jacob from not sitting on the floor and NOT peeking in the stalhs of these poor women who walked into my bad situation. One lady walks in and her grandson threw up all over her. She asks to borrow a wipe (there goes another one i REALLY needed) So i got Trenton changed and cleaned, I wiped out what I could in the seat that was touching him(I even washed a wipe and reused it I got so desperate). I laid down the blanket I had with me (THANK THE LORD!) and tried to wrap him where the poop straps would not touch him ( i did think about stealing J's seat and turning it backwards, then putting J in N's seat and just buckling N.. but the freak in me thought thats 45 mins of hard work I dont have time for) I picked up the carrier to find poop leaked through the holes at the bottom down the strap and was on the floor! Oh lord really? Give a girl a break here.

I got it cleaned up and got home. I have a few choice words for the inventor of Chicco car seats and how I am not happy w/ the design to get the center buckle off the seat. Grrrrrrr.. They tell you not to wash the straps or soak them in water because they had flame retardants on them but what other option do I have? Really?

Well Brian had plans tonight but they will be put on hold a while seeing as I cant go anywhere b/c i have one totally wet car seat cover/straps. Which by the way cannot be dried in a dryer.. another complaint I would like to voice.

Did i mention that whip cream vodka and sunny D smooth taste delicious? This is my life.

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MY first 6 weeks!

Meet my jumbo sized big cousin JD who came from Hawaii to see me!

My sweet mother who puts up w/ me and my big bros!

Mom says I was skinny skinny when I was born!

Mom says this is her favorite picture!

Napping is what I do 22 hours a day most days!

My socks rock! So does my mom!

Whoa did you see my brother?

Moms says I have a double chin now!

I am exersaucin' now!

Love sleeping in my momma's arms

Did I mention my Dad is the BEST!

Hangin' at the patch!

Mom thinks this is funny.. I dont!

I am sleeping most all day still. Mom says I am a good eater and that I am spoiled just a little. I do like to be held but what baby doesnt? My big brothers like to hold me and entertain me when I get upset. I love that daddy is the only one who can burp me, it seems to make my mom kinda mad.  I sure am thankful for all the kind gifts I have gotten from everyone. I really like meeting all of my family and my parents friends:)

The many faces of the Spence Boys...

So I will start w/ Jacob Tanner. This kid is a ham and a half. He has a personality as big as Texas and an attitude! (and a load of stubbornness to go with it.) For some reason he thinks that smile means "show all your teeth at once". He is known for being super silly and getting away w/ murder because he can "cute" (aka flirt) his way out of being in trouble.

The "Jacob" smile.

I found these next two on my phone.. I did not take them... However the boys have found the camera feature on the phone and have been taking hundreds.. yes hundreds of pics. We went to Cavenders the other day and I found a ton of pics and videos of clothes and my and Brian's butts. He thought it was soooooo funny to take those pics.

Classic Jacob.. if he cant see you he is "hiding". 

This one cracks me up!!!! I  call it his ugly cute face!

 Now for Nathan. Lately I can bust out the camera and he starts to either growl at me or run away. We had family pics done last week and God bless Julie for trying.. But I am betting she didn't get one family pic w/ him smiling! He is such a stinker, but extremely smart. He is getting to the phase where mom is now annoying him with pictures.

 The following pics I found on my camera. Nathan apparently found the front camera button and could see himself while taking pics.... he is soooo his father.

Obviously this face amuses him.. his dad makes the same face and I hate it!

 Now on to little Trenton. He is normally sleeping 22 hours of the day...STILL. I am not griping about it! But we have caught a few cute faces on camera! He started smiling and one of our sweet babysitters, Jacobs teacher, Ms.Mattison caught it on camera!

Sweet first smile!

his "wasssup" face

his feeeeeed me fussy face